Glenmore Avenue & Crystal Street

Glenmore Avenue and Crystal Street meet at a four-way crossing in East New York-City Line, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. St Lydia Episcopal Church is 80 feet away. The nearest subway, Euclid Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the A and C. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Euclid Av
1,120 feet · 4 min on foot · A, C
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Pitkin Av/Logan St · Q8
Within a walk
20 places
10 religious buildings, 2 gardens and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Glenmore Avenue & Crystal Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Euclid Av, 1,120 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Euclid Av A, C
    1,120 feet
    A C

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …
Queens
2 lines
  1. A …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. Shepherd Av C
    0.4 miles
    C

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pitkin Av/Logan St, 940 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pitkin Av/Logan St Q8
    940 feet
    Q8

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1249 Sutter Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37 and 42 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-City Line
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 135 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and October 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Crystal Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Glenmore Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 gardens
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Career Academy of New York Trade or language school
    910 feet
  2. Great Oaks Health Academy Trade or language school
    910 feet
  3. Transit Tech Career and Technical Education High School
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center # 5 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Green Gems Garden
    60 feet
  2. Crystal Wells Community Garden
    590 feet
  3. City Line Park
    970 feet
Show all 4
  1. City Line Park Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Talmud Torah Atereth Israel Listed historic place
    990 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Lydia Episcopal Church House of worship
    80 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 236 Fire station
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    870 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Crystal Street or Glenmore Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.